Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 431 to 440 of 1732.

• 9 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I tabled the report by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), which you said was not admissible. I tabled the Controller and Auditor-General’s report and you agreed that a parliamentary report that has already been approved by the House did not need to be tabled. So, I think I complied. view
• 9 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the first report that was from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs team was tabled by the Minister for Foreign Affairs here during the debate. Secondly, the report by the Treasury external auditors is the one that has not been tabled, but if the House wants to have it tabled, I can table it next time; the report from KACC is the one I have tabled just now. I have a copy and you have ruled that it is not admissible. The one of the parliamentary committee, there is no need to table it because it is already ... view
• 9 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Olago actually wanted to know where this new vocabulary “step aside” has come from. This is new vocabulary in our parlance. “Stepping aside”, basically, means that you withdraw yourself from your position to enable investigations to be carried out without your interference. In other words, you forestall being suspended or being interdicted and so on by voluntarily agreeing to step aside, so that investigations can be carried out. In this specific case, hon. Wetangula did not wait for a vote to be taken in the House here. He voluntarily agreed to step aside, so that those ... view
• 9 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding hon. Mbadi’s clarification, probably, it was just an oversight that the report was not tabled in the House. I do not want to go on to make any speculations. I do not know of any groups. Whether they are G2, G3, G7 or G20, they are just Gs. So, I would urge the hon. Member to leave me out of political caucusing. view
• 9 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Baiya has asked whether, by reappointing the Minister, we were implying that no funds were lost. That is far from the truth. The resolution of the House was:- 1. The Government should take decisive disciplinary action against officers who may have been found to have flouted relevant laws and procedures during the procurement of properties for Kenyan missions abroad. 2. Public officers found culpable in the transactions involving the purchase, construction and/or sale of Government properties be surcharged and made to refund money lost by the Government. 3. Public officers found culpable in the transactions involving ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 25th October, 2011, the Member for Saboti, hon. Eugene Wamalwa, sought a Statement from the Government on the Kazi kwa Vijana Project. The hon. Member specifically requested the following information: (a) How much money has been allocated to the Kazi kwa Vijana from inception to date; (b) how much money has been lost through alleged corruption with respect to view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish the hon. Member for Saboti listened carefully; I can see that he is not even listening now, yet he is the one who has questioned me. If he cared to listen, the issues he is raising are actually already in the statement I issued here. I want to quote: view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: “However, being a project that was conceived in a hurry in order to respond to the urgent needs of the time, certain weaknesses became apparent which prompted my office to ask for an audit of the entire project. The value for money audit of KKV1 was carried out by the Internal Audit Department of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. The audit report indicated that during the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 financial years, a total of Kshs7.5 billion was disbursed to 11 Ministries for projects under KKV 1 on a first-come-first served basis. Out of this ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is saying that I should take responsibility. The work of the Office of the Prime Minister is to supervise and co-ordinate. The line Ministries have got Accounting Officers. That is why when the Budget is approved by this House, the line Ministries implement it. They are responsible and accountable, and that is why they have got Accounting Officers. That is why the Treasury wrote and suggested that money be recovered. My office concurred with the Treasury and I have tabled a letter. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have tabled a letter to the effect that we demanded that the officers who were somehow responsible for loss of funds be made to repay the money that had been lost. So, I have been very comprehensive. At that time, we carried out an audit. The audit overtook whatever I had stated here. Even in the Statement the hon. Member for Saboti is referring to, I admitted that there were weaknesses and that was the reason why we demanded that an audit be carried out. view